This made me smile

[T.S.Davis]

Doing some light reading and stumbled across this little gem. Made me grin.

The IMPBA reserves the right to deny membership to any individual that has, at any time,
demonstrated unsafe boating practices, been suspended, or banned from another boating
organization for any amount of time, or for any reason.

[T.S.Davis]

Another gem. Not sure why I'm sharing these. Just differences between NAMBA and IMPBA that caught my eye.

E. There shall be no backup boats at any event.

We run into this more than I ever thought we would. Guys break stuff and want to switch boats.

[NativePaul]

The first one looks perfectly reasonable, it doesn't flat out block people without giving them the opportunity to learn from their mistakes and change their bad habbits, yet gives you the right to turn away those that you don't believe have or believe won't change.

That second one is strange to me. I can kind of understand that it may discourage people from going wild on the course, driving all over the place and hitting people and wrecking boats willy nilly, but would it not be better just to give the race controller powers to penalise that bad driving specifically? If I was someone that was hit by a careless driver through no fault of my own, and was lucky enough to have a spare boat why shouldn't I be able to use it to continue my day of fun?

I race on a budget and generally only have 1 competitive boat for each class, but If I could afford 2 boats for the same class they wouldn't be the same hulls and maybe not the same power system either, I would have 1 for flat water and 1 for rough water, while they could function as backups they wouldn't be optimised for the same conditions. So does it cover all instances of multiple boats or just backups for broken ones? If I have a roughwater boat and a flatwater boat, could I bring both to the race and decide which to run when I see the water, or would I have to decide at home and only bring the one I thought would be the most appropriate in the average conditions of the day? If I can bring both and it is calm in the morning as it usually is, could I run the flatwater boat in the morning and switch to the roughwater boat in at lunch when the wind picks up?

[T.S.Davis]

Paul, you could bring two boats and choose based on the water but once that choice is made you have to stay with it. You can't switch boats throughout the day based on weather, or you crashed it, or burned up the motor, etc. My understanding.

We've had guys at NAMBA events switch boats between heats because the rules don't prohibit it.

[NativePaul]

It is not prohibited in Naviga either, as long as your second, third, fifth, tenth boats are complete enough to pass tech you can register them all, race a different one in every heat or the same one, it is up to you. You are still pitting your driving, setup, assembly, (and possibly building and design) skills against the competitions skills. I don't really see what is to be gained from prohibiting it.

[TRUCKPULL]

We've had guys at NAMBA events switch boats between heats because the rules don't prohibit it.

I never new you could do this.
So in "P" Offshore - in the morning I could run my "P" Twin Cat, then change over to my "P" Mono for the rougher water in the afternoon,

This would be pure BS

Larry

[rightturnonly]

Damn, I have been using Duct tape to hold it together and all I had to do was switch boats (in NAMBA). My duct taped Lucas Oil runs like a champ though..

[Doug Smock]

The first one looks perfectly reasonable, it doesn't flat out block people without giving them the opportunity to learn from their mistakes and change their bad habbits, yet gives you the right to turn away those that you don't believe have or believe won't change.

Absolutely.
Unfortunately there is a need for a rule like this to protect organizations from individuals that don't stay told . There is enough liability in this hobby when we do the right thing right.


I wasn't around when the "backup boat" rule was implemented, but I bet there is a story or two to go with it.

[Fluid]

...We've had guys at NAMBA events switch boats between heats because the rules don't prohibit it.

This is not accurate. NAMBA Section 16.C.1 states::

"Contestants in all NAMBA competitions will be limited to one boat per type/class in each event or competition."



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[Doug Smock]

Damn, I have been using Duct tape to hold it together and all I had to do was switch boats (in NAMBA). My duct taped Lucas Oil runs like a champ though..

I have seen some gas & nitro boats patched up that you'd swear wouldn't make it through a heat. It's amazing what you can do with a little foil & duct tape.
What's really cool is to see how many racers gather around to see what they can do to help get a guy back in the water!

[tjcast]

This is not accurate. NAMBA Section 16.C.1 states::

"Contestants in all NAMBA competitions will be limited to one boat per type/class in each event or competition."

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Actually this rule has been interpreted that you can't have more than one boat in a class at the same time. So even though I have 2 P-monos, I cannot enter them both and run them both in all the rounds of the event. If I start an event running a Pursuit setup for P-mono there is nothing to stop me from running my Delta Force 33 in heat 2 and 3 INSTEAD of the Pursuit. It's still only one boat but it's a different one.

Not agreeing or disagreeing just this is what I've heard.

[Fluid]

Actually this rule has been interpreted that you can't have more than one boat in a class at the same time...

This interpretation is pretty funny. Does it mean you can't drive two boats at the same time? The rule does not say "limited to one entry" it says "limited to one boat". Seems pretty clear that "one boat per class" means that the driver can't run different boats in the same class.

But my interpretation means little (unless asked in my role as D-7 FE Director). As with many rules, the bottom line is what the local CD decides. He/she clearly has the above rule to support not allowing a racer to change hulls mid-race. IMO any NAMBA CD who allows someone to change boats in the middle of a race is not doing his club - or the event - good service.


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[T.S.Davis]

Jay, I have always thought the same thing. We had the "precedence" thing sighted from a prior nationals used. Someone CD at some nationals interpreted it as you can only enter a class one time. The racer isn't running multiple boats in multiple heats so it's okay. Theory being that you could run blocker in other heats to screw up the results etc if you had two boats in a class. I've always felt that interpretation was wrong and that your take on it is the right one. It's one of those grey area things that you could interpret either way.

Because some don't agree, we've allowed the other racers in a class to decide if a switch was acceptable and only after some catastrophic failure of the first boat. No change on a whim for wind conditions or what ever. In hind sight.......we never should have done that. It puts the other racers on the spot. If I'm the CD, being the bad guy comes with the gig sometimes. I blew it.

Now I don't have to worry about it since the IMPBA rule is a bit more clear as to what was intended. No back up boats, done.

[Doby]

IMPBA Rocks!!!!!

[NativePaul]

OK, it looks (to me) like it is a rule for both organisations, and several well respected boaters support it.
Help me out here, I still don't see a reason for it, why is it there?

Why did it make you chuckle originally Terry?